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September 3rd, 2007 06:53 PM #1
This news item was featured on today's TV Patrol. Ginagawa pala itong MO kahit sa malalaking malls at restos. Ang syndicate may tao silang mga sales clerk at mga waiters. May smalll "gadget" sila to read the info from your CC.
Kaya ingat tayo mga Tsikoteers. Huwag basta ibibigay yung card pag bayaran na. Kelangan sundan yung waiter o salesclerk pag magbabayad na kayo.
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NBI Warns vs 'Credit Card Cloning'
The National Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday warned the public against a new modus operandi by criminals who "clone" credit card accounts, ABS-CBN News reported.
The NBI's Anti-Fraud and Computer Crimes Division said under the modus operandi, all information on the credit card are copied once swiped in a duplicating machine. An improvised skimming device slightly bigger than a matchbox is used to clone the card.
NBI chief Nestor Mantaring said credit card holders eating at restaurants usually become the victims once they use their cards to pay for their bill.
The modus operandi was uncovered after NBI agents arrested a suspect named Melvin Garcia during an entrapment. The suspect was identified as a courier of the skimming device.
The suspect claimed he is innocent and said he was just a courier.
The scheme was discovered after the owner of Club Malizzia bar on Roxas Boulevard in Pasay City complained to authorities after transactions made by three customers were left unpaid by the credit card company.
The customers also complained that purchases were made with their cards without their knowledge. The transactions, the complainants said, were made after they used their credit cards at the club.
During investigation, one of the club's waiters confessed that a certain Jonathan Valencerina paid him P500-P700 for every credit card he can swipe in the machine.
He said swiping the customer’s card in the machine will yield the required information to make a new one with the use of stolen identity and the access code.
Mantaring cautioned credit card holders to be vigilant on cards being used. He issued the same warning to businessmen to take steps to prevent identity theft and credit card cloning. With a report from Maan Macapagal
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September 3rd, 2007 06:56 PM #2
Well, your credit card company will protect you though from such incidents.
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September 3rd, 2007 07:02 PM #3inde pa ba uso ang chip and pin dyan? bale yung credit card detail nasa chip embedded sa card tapos you need to enter your pin number to verify the transaction...
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September 3rd, 2007 07:12 PM #4
Yung BPI may embedded chip na.
AFAIK, this technology was pioneered dito sa Pinas ng Bankard One. Kaya lang, wala ng Bankard One ngayon.
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September 3rd, 2007 07:16 PM #5
ive been a victim. i used my card sa pier one sa timog. on my next credit card bill... ayan na, my card daw was used on fuel , grocery, bars(embassy), etc... umabot ng 50,000 din.
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September 3rd, 2007 07:31 PM #6
One of our company's CC terminal allows users to call teh waiter/attendant for the bill, they'll bring the WiFi enabled terminal on your table, you do the swiping/PIN (depending on card type), the unit will print out the receipts for you to sign and that's it... No intervention from the establishment hehe.
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September 3rd, 2007 07:31 PM #7
^^^ What happened bro? Ni-reverse ba ng CC company, or ikaw din daw ang dapat mag-shoulder?
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September 3rd, 2007 07:38 PM #8
not unless magaya pati signature mo.. lusot ka naman dyan.. may bank copy naman yung CC transaction.. with your signature.. pag iba yun.. that means your card was clone.. so i re reverse lang nang bank yan.
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September 3rd, 2007 11:07 PM #10Kaya ako buti walang CC. Pag sa mga bars mas ok na lang cash. Sa restaurants lang ok mag-swipe kasi maliwanag and lahat nakaupo. Kita mo din ung waiter na binigay dun sa cashier ang card mo kaya sila lang masisi if may magappear sa bill mong iba.
Kwento ng katrabaho ko, meron daw sya officemate dati na Italiano na tinanong daw bakit...
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